Necktie-press and collar-box.



'A. A. KA SSEL. NECKTIE PRESS AND COLLAR BOX. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 3.I9l5.

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ARTHUR A. KASSEL, 0F UNION'I'OWN, MISSOURI.-

NECKTIE-PRESS AND COLLAR-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 11, 1916.

Application filed September 3, 1915. Serial No. 48,856.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR A. KASSEL, a citizen of the the UnitedStates, residing at Uniontown, in the county of Perry and State ofMissouri, have invented certain new and usefud Improvements in Necktie-Presses and Collar-Boxes; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

The invention relates to improvements in necktie presses.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofnecktie presses and collar boxes and to provide a simple, practical andinexpensive necktie press adapted to be readily applied to a collar boxor similar receptacle and capable of efiiciently pressing neckties andof affording access to the box or receptacle without removing theneckties or disturbing the arrangement of the same.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in theconstruction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafterfully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointedout in the claim hereto appended, it being understood that variouschanges in the form, proportion and minor details of con-- struction maybe resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any ofthe advantages of the invention.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a perspective view of a combined necktiepress and collar box constructed in accordance with this invention, Fig.2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the same, Fig. 3 is anenlarged detail sectional View of the front portion of the necktiepress, Fig. 1 is a transverse sectional view of the same showing aplurality of the pockets or recesses for the necktie receiving flaps ormembers.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in the severalfigures of the drawing.

In the accompanying drawing in which is illustrated the preferredembodiment of the invention, 1 designates'a collar'box pref: erably ofrectangular form but a box of any other shape and of any desired sizemay of course be employed and the box or receptacle may be employed forholding articles other than collars.

Hinged to the body 1 of the box at the back thereof-is a lid 2 havingfront and side flanges 3 and 4 and carrying a hinged tray 5 connected atthe back to the side flanges 4 by a pivot 6 or other suitable hingeelement. The tray which is adapted to fit within the flanges 3 and 4 ofthe lid and be supported upon the upper edges of the body of the boX isprovided with a plurality of pockets or recesses 7 preferably extendinglongitudinally of the tray 5 and connected at their front ends to thetray at the said recesses or pockets 7 are hinged flaps or necktiereceiving members 8. Any suitable hinge'9 may be employed for mountingthe necktie receiving flaps or members 8 on the tray 5 and the saidflaps or members which are arranged in spaced relation are adapted tohave neckties wrapped around them so that the neckties will be pressedbetween the tray and the lid when the parts are closed as illustrated inFig. 2 of the drawing. The tray is detachably secured within the lid byspaced catches 10 preferably mounted on the front flange 3 at the innerface thereof and engaging the tray at the front thereof and the tray ispreferably provided at the un der side with a suitable handle 11 toenable the tray and the lid to be separated. Also the body of the box isdesigned to be provided with a suitable catch 12 -for engaging the lid.7

l/Vhat is claimed is A necktie press of the class described including atray provided with a plurality of pockets or recesses, necktie receivingflaps or members, hinged to the tray at the pockets or recesses andadapted'to have neckties wrapped around them, said flaps or members withthe neckties thereon being also adapted to swing into the said pocketsor recesses and a hinged lid or cover connected with the tray andadapted to press neckties between it and the said tray.

In testimony whereof I aflix my-signature in presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR A. KASSEL.

Witnesses:

OSCAR KAssEL, A. G. HOPPER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing" the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, 20.0.

